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Besides the crucial COVID-19 vaccine patent waiver, far more is at stake at this WTO ministerial than is generally known.

Civil society members claim current negotiations tabled at the WTO’s MC12 do not favour developing countries  

At the cusp of the 12th WTO ministerial conference, the co-sponsors seem to be giving up on the fight.

Smaller, cash-strapped countries are losing patience with America’s dithering on climate finance.

OPEC held the 21st Coordination Meeting on Climate Change.

OPEC held the 21st Coordination Meeting on Climate Change.

The four-month-old Russian invasion of Ukraine, which has triggered a hefty increase in military spending among Western nations and a rise in humanitarian and military assistance to the beleaguered co

Africa Objects To U.S. Push To Reform Health Rules At WHO Assembly

African countries raised an objection on Tuesday to a US-led proposal to reform the International Health Regulations (IHR), a move delegates say might prevent passage at the World Health Organization's (WHO's) annual assembly. If Africa continues to withhold support, it could block one of the only concrete reforms expected from the meeting, fraying hopes that members will unite on reforms to strengthen the UN health agency's rules as it seeks a central role for itself in global he...

Join the Menzies Centre for Health Governance, RegNet and People’s Health Movement Australia for this launch event of Global Health Watch 6, the alternative world health report, which addresses key issues related to health systems and the range of social, economic, political and environmental determinants of health.